[meteorite-list] Up and Coming Hunt - Possible Giant Iron Meteorite Located

[Raremeteorites]

The new Team LunarRock has been busy the last several months developing 
leads so that we can have a successful meteorite and mineral hunt next 
month.  Our goal was to locate hard to access, virgin areas in hopes of 
finding the first North American Lunar meteorite.  In the process, we came 
across information of a possible giant iron meteorite on private land.  Our 
research allowed us to zero in on the barely accessible area.  It was like 
searching for a needle in a haystack but we think we have located it from 
satellite.

We examined historical satellite images and the object appears to have 
shifted five feet to the left over the last 20 years leaving a void in the 
dirt bank and re-shifting the position of an intermittent wash.  We feel the 
object has to be heavy in order to rechannel the large wash.   It is a real 
object that sits high enough above the ground in order to cast a shadow.  It 
is rust colored with a green tint.  The green tint can also be seen in the 
bank were it may have left a weathering halo.  Nickel is known to turn green 
with weathering so we take this as a positive indication.  The image below, 
stripped of its actual metadata is the best resolution we could come up with 
of the unknown but promising looking object.
Not the scale bar.  This may be larger than Hoba!  If it turns out to be 
something else, at least we have several dozen other leads to follow.

http://themeteoritesite.com/adam/Meteorite-a.jpg

Another imaged zoomed out slightly for another perspective:

http://themeteoritesite.com/adam/Meteorite-b.jpg

Zoomed out even more to show there is nothing close to this size in the 
immediate area.  In other words, there was no glaciations in the area and 
this object did not come from a mountain range:

http://themeteoritesite.com/adam/Meteorite-c.jpg


We will get ground images of whatever it is when we are able to access it 
with our freshly prepared off-road vehicles.  We still have a few bugs to 
work out with our equipment before being able to reach this object.  I was 
finally able to access a dry lake bed yesterday that I have been trying to 
get to for several years that we thought was only accessible by helicopter. 
I still have two issues to deal with that I thought were resolved; nothing 
like a real field test to expose any weaknesses.  My main NAV computer lost 
satellite acquisition due to cloud cover so I need to install a booster. 
The backup system worked although it only provided limited data.  Another 
problem with both SPL OPS Rubicons that arouse is a shifting issue.  The 
adaptive computer has learned bad driving habits and doesn't like to stay in 
overdrive on inclines automatically at 80 miles an hour on pavement even 
though the powerful engines don't need to be downshifted.

No matter what, we are committed to the hunt after postponing it to early 
June.

It will be good to have boots on the ground again.

Happy Hunting,

Adam